'The Silence Breakers,' those fueling #MeToo movement, named TIME Person of the Year

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Wednesday, December 06, 2017 11:17AM

World leaders and social activists made the shortlist for TIME's Person of the Year. The title will be awarded to the individual or group that the magazine deems to have been the most influential in 2017.

The Person of the Year for 2017 is "The Silence Breakers," those who came forward to open a conversation about sexual harassment.

The title, which was awarded on Wednesday, goes to the individual or group that TIME deems to have been the most influential in 2017. The tradition stretches back to 1927.

"For giving voice to open secrets, for moving whisper networks onto social networks, for pushing us all to stop accepting the unacceptable, the Silence Breakers are the 2017 Person of the Year," TIME's Editor-in-Chief, Edward Felsenthal, wrote of the decision.

TIME has chosen a group rather than a person for the title in years past. In 2014 it was the Ebola fighters.

As for this year, Kim Jong Un, Colin Kaepernick and President Donald Trump were all in the running, and Trump was ultimately named runner-up.

Jeff Bezos, Amazon Founder and CEOThe Dreamers, Undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children by their parents whose legal immigration status is uncertainPatty Jenkins, Director of record-breaking film Wonder WomanKim Jong Un, Leader of North KoreaColin Kaepernick, Current NFL free agent who inspired other NFL players to bend a knee during the national anthem to protest racism and police brutalityThe #MeToo movement, A social media movement that brings light to sexual harassment, especially in the workplaceRobert Mueller, the lead of the investigation into the potential involvement of various individuals in the Trump campaign to help Russia influence the 2016 U.S. presidential electionCrown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, 32-year-old son of Saudi Arabia's King SalmanDonald Trump, President of the United States, 2016 Person of the YearXi Jinping, President of China